NYTIMES (Jeanna Smialek) - How Fighting Fires Became an All-of-Europe Project
The European Union isn’t known for firefighting expertise. But with the continent ablaze, Brussels is playing a growing role.
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Europe’s wildfires are setting off bombs from World War II
Firefighters battling wildfires in Europe are finding bombs beneath their feet. The reason involves one of the most famous battles from World War II.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Evacuations ordered as wind-whipped Ross Fire in Texas explodes to 50,000 acres
Firefighters are battling numerous wildfires threatening homes in the West.
NEWSCATS - Wildfire Frenzy
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AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Belgium's worst wildfire on record forces hundreds to flee as blaze scorches High Fens nature reserve
A wildfire burning roughly 30 square kilometers in eastern Belgium has become the country's largest on record, forcing some 600 residents from their homes and drawing emergency crews from across Europe. The fire tore through the High Fens nature reserve in Liège province, near the German border, burning more than twice the area of a […] The post Belgium's worst wildfire on record forces hundreds to flee as blaze scorches High Fens nature reserve appeared first on American Almanac .
A wildfire burning roughly 30 square kilometers in eastern Belgium has become the country's largest on record, forcing some 600 residents from their homes and drawing emergency crews from across Europe. The fire tore through the High Fens nature reserve in Liège province, near the German border, burning more than twice the area of a 2011 blaze that had held Belgium's previous record. By Sunday morning, more than 250 emergency personnel, including over 100 Belgian and German firefighters, police, military officers, and civil protection staff, were on the ground trying to hold the line against a fire that officials said was still spreading through terrain almost impossible to reach. Liège provincial governor Hervé Jamar confirmed the…Open
AI:Belgium is currently battling its largest wildfire on record as a massive blaze scorches the High Fens nature reserve in Liège province, consuming approximately 30 square kilometers of land. The fire has forced roughly 600 residents and tourists to evacuate from municipalities like Waimes and Bütgenbach due to heavy smoke and shifting winds. Because the fire is burning through dry peat bogs and heathland, it is resisting standard containment tactics and threatening residential zones near the German border. The disaster has triggered an international emergency response under the EU's civil protection mechanism, with water-bombing aircraft and crews arriving from Sweden, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Germany to support Belgian…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Wildfires sweep Greece, Croatia, France, and Germany, forcing thousands to evacuate
Massive wildfires tore across four European countries this week, driving more than 480 tourists from a Greek beach by sea and displacing thousands more from Croatia to western Germany. On the Halkidiki peninsula south of Thessaloniki, Greece, a fire front stretched roughly three kilometers, nearly two miles, and reached heights of 30 meters, according to […] The post Wildfires sweep Greece, Croatia, France, and Germany, forcing thousands to evacuate appeared first on American Almanac .
Massive wildfires tore across four European countries this week, driving more than 480 tourists from a Greek beach by sea and displacing thousands more from Croatia to western Germany. On the Halkidiki peninsula south of Thessaloniki, Greece, a fire front stretched roughly three kilometers, nearly two miles, and reached heights of 30 meters, according to Greek public television network ERT. More than 200 firefighters battled the blaze as it bore down on the popular resort towns of Siviri and Fourka, where Greece's civil protection agency sent evacuation warnings by phone to residents and vacationers. Two firefighters were injured and hospitalized. The flames came so close to the shoreline that a ground evacuation was impossible. A Greek…Open
NEWSCATS (Diana Zapata) - Israel Accused of Deliberately Setting Fires in Lebanon as Border Tensions Escalate
Forest fires sweep through the outskirts of the southern Lebanon village of Kfar Shouba on 5 August after Israeli bombing, despite the ceasefire. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images by Diana Zapata • News Writer /Editorial Specialist Published August [...]
AI:Accusations are mounting against Israel for deliberately setting forest fires in the outskirts of Kfar Shouba, southern Lebanon, following Israeli bombings on August 5. These incendiary actions occur despite an existing ceasefire and represent a significant escalation in border tensions between the two nations amidst ongoing regional instability.Open
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - North America ON FIRE: Wildfires devastate western US, Canada
Wildfires have continued to devastate areas of the western U.S. and Canada in recent days. One conflagration led to a rapid evacuation of some 20,000 people, as the Bald Range fire in southern British Columbia encroached on the community of Summerland and its vicinity. #Wildfire #Disaster #Evacuation
NEWSCATS (Diana Zapata) - Climate Change Contributed to Canada Fires, ABC News Reports — But What Does the Study Actually Show?
Wildfires in Summerland, British Columbia have forced thousands to evacuate as Canada endures an intense fire season. CBC Published August 10, 2026 A new report highlighted by ABC News says human-caused climate change contributed to the [...]
HUFFPOST - Wildfires Burn Across Western US And Canada As Residents Are Evacuated
Wildfires have forced some residents to flee their homes and left others keeping an eye out for possible evacuation orders.